Chair Professor (Environmental Engineering)   Ir Professor Herbert H. P. FANG   BS, National Taiwan University, Taiwan MS, University of Rochester, New York, U.S.A. PhD, University of Rochester, New York, U.S.A. FHKIE, MASCE, MIWA   Office:      HW 6-29 Phone:     +852 28592660 Fax:         +852 25595337 E-mail:     hrechef@hkucc.hku.hk Homepage:   http://web.hku.hk/~hrechef/

 

Teaching Activities

• CIVL 1005 Environmental Engineering
• CIVL 2001 Engineering Design and Communication
• CIVL 3013 Final Year Project
• CIVL 6006 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment
• CIVL 6023 Environmental Chemistry
• CIVL 6061 Special Topic in Environmental Engineering

 

Research Interests

• Biofilm and biocorrosion
• Biohydrogen production
• Environmental biotechnology
• Resource recovery from waste and wastewater
• Sediment remediation, wastewater treatment

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• Biofilm corrosion of metals in polluted seawater
• Biodegradation of endocrine disrupters in landfill leachate
• Immobilization of biomass for hydrogen production from wastewater
• Phototrophic hydrogen production from acidified wastewater
• Bioremediation of contaminated sediment by denitrification

 

Representative Publications

Book:

• Fang, HHP (2010) ed.Environmental Anaerobic Technology, ISBN: 978-1-84816-542-7, Imperial College Press, London.

Journal Papers:

1. Xia Y, Cai L, Zhang T, Fang, HHP. 2012. Effects of substrate loading and co-substrates on thermophilic anaerobic conversion of microcrystalline cellulose and microbial communities revealed using high-throughput sequencing. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 37(18), 13652-13659.
2. Yang Y, Zhang T, Zhang XX, Liang DW, Zhang M, Gao DW, Zhu HG, Huang QG, Fang, HHP. 2012. Quantification and characterization of α-lactam resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment plants from East Asia and North America. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 95(5), 1351-1358.
3. Lu, XY, Li, B., Zhang, T. and Fang, HHP (2012) Enhanced anoxic bioremediation of PAHs-contaminated sediment, Bioresource Technology, 104, 51-58.
4. Li, R.Y., Zhang, T. and Fang, HHP (2011) Application of molecular techniques on heterotrophic hydrogen production research, Bioresource Technology, 102(18), 8445-8456.
5. Lu, X.Y., Zhang T. and Fang, H.H.P. (2011). Bacteria-mediated PAH degradation in soil and sediment. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 89(5), 1357-1371.
6. Zhang, T. Chao, Y.Q., Shih, K. Li, X.Y. and Fang, HHP (2011) Quantification of the lateral detachment force for bacteria cells using atomic force microscope and centrifugation. Ultramicroscopy, 111, 131-139.
7. Li, RY. and Fang, HHP (2009). Heterotrophic photo fermentative hydrogen production. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 39(12), 1081-1108.
8. Zhang, T., Zhang, M., Zhang, X. X., and Fang, HHP (2009). Tetracycline resistance genes and tetracycline resistant lactose-fermenting Enterbacteriaceae in activated sludge of sewage treatment plants. Environmental Science and Technology, 43(10), 3455-3460.
9. Li, B, Zhang, T, Xu, ZY. and Fang, HHP (2009). Rapid analysis of 21 antibiotics of multiple classes in municipal wastewater using ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, Analytica Chimca Acta, 645(1-2), 64-72.
10. Shao, MF, Zhang, T. and Fang, HHP (2009). Autotrophic denitrification and its effect on metal speciation during marine sediment remediation, Water Research, 43(12), 2961-2968.

 

Others

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